smooth like lava

In which diverse musicians (incl. Cyndi, Dylan, and Genesis) somehow hit the same sinuous groove. Bibliography: Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, Grammys, Robert Christgau, Chuck Eddy's Accidental Evolution and Stairway to Hell, Rolling Stone, and the SPIN Alternative Record Guide.

Saturday, February 19, 2005

Imaginary Popscape 1983 Songlist

“Blue Monday”—New Order, from Power, Corruption, and Lies and Substance
“Photograph”—Def Leppard, from Pyromania and Vault
“Authority Song”—John Cougar Mellencamp, from Uh-Huh
“Whenever You’re On My Mind”/ “Our Town”—Marshall Crenshaw, from Field Day
“Can’t Slow Down”/ “All Night Long (All Night)”—Lionel Richie, from Can’t Slow Down
“Every Breath You Take”—Police, from Synchronicity and Every Breath You Take
“It’s Gonna Get Better”—Genesis, from Genesis
“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”—Journey, from Frontiers and Greatest Hits
“I Want a New Drug”—Huey Lewis and the News, from Sports
“Another One Rides the Bus”—Weird Al Yankovic, from Weird Al Yankovic
“Gone Daddy Gone”—Violent Femmes, from Violent Femmes
“Jukebox”—Flirts, from The Best of the Flirts
“Jokerman”—Bob Dylan, from Infidels and The Essential Bob Dylan
“When You Were Mine”—Cyndi Lauper, from She’s So Unusual
“Three Agnus Dei Motets” (Per Norgard)—Vocal Group Ars Nova (Tamas Veto), from Singe de Garten (Works for Choir)
“I Saw You”—Styrenes, from It’s Still Artastic
“Age Of Consent”—New Order, from Power, Corruption, and Lies
“Modern Love”—David Bowie, from Let’s Dance and Changesbowie
“Stop Draggin’ My Car Around”—Weird Al Yankovic

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